American Illuminations: Urban Lighting, 1800-1920 - Paperback
by David E. Nye
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Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262546645ISBN-10:262546647UPC:9780262546645Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCDFJ16JFR
American Illuminations: Urban Lighting, 1800-1920
How Americans adapted European royal illuminations for patriotic celebrations, spectacular expositions, and intensely bright commercial lighting to create the world's most dazzling and glamorous cities. Illuminated fêtes and civic celebrations began in Renaissance Italy and spread through the courts of Europe. Their fireworks, torches, lamps, and special effects glorified the monarch, marked the...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262546645ISBN-10:262546647UPC:9780262546645Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCDFJ16JFR
David E. Nye is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute and Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. The author of twelve books with the MIT Press, including American Technological Sublime, he was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2005 and was knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2013.
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